JACK JOHNSON - FLAKE

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JACK JOHNSON

SONGWRITER: JACK HODY JOHNSON

WHERE: KOKUA FESTIVAL 2010

COUNTRY: HAWAII/U.S.A.

ALBUM: BRUSHFIRE FAIRYTALES

LABEL: EVERLOVING RECORDS

GENRE: FOLK ROCK

YEAR: 2002

Jack Hody Johnson (Honolulu, 18 de maio de 1975) é um cantor, compositor e surfista americano. Cresceu na Baía Norte de Oahu, no Havaí, e atualmente vive em Haleiwa. Antes de lançar o seu primeiro álbum de estúdio, Jack Johnson fazia filmes de surfe. Por ser um surfista e músico, seu estilo é erroneamente classificado como surf music, um subgênero rock surgido nos anos 60.

Jack se aproximou mais da música aos 17 anos, quando ao participar de uma competição de surfe, sofreu um acidente que o deixou 90 dias parado. Durante esse período, começou a compor influenciado por ídolos como Bob Marley.

Foi estudar cinema na Califórnia aos 18 anos, não queria ser um profissional do surfe, por isso decidiu estudar cinema, ideia que lhe rendeu um documentário (Thicker than water), dirigido por Jack, gravado a partir de uma aventura ao redor do mundo com amigos, documentário aquele que em 1997 ganhou o título de documentário do ano pela revista Surfer.

I know she said it's alright

But you can make it up next time

I know she knows it's not right

There ain't no use in lying

Maybe she thinks I know something

Maybe, maybe she thinks its fine

Maybe she knows something I don't

I'm so, I'm so tired, I'm so tired of trying

It seems to me that maybe,

It pretty much always means no

So don't tell me you might just let it go

And often times we're lazy

It seems to stand in my way

Cause no one no not no one

Likes to be let down

I know she loves the sunrise

No longer sees it with her sleeping eyes

And I know that when she said she's gonna try

Well it might not work because of other ties and

I know she usually has some other ties

And I wouldn't want to break 'em, nah, I wouldn't want to break 'em

Maybe she'll help me to untie this but

Until then well, I'm gonna have to lie too

It seems to me that maybe

It pretty much always means no

So don't tell me you might just let it go

And often times we're lazy

It seems to stand in my way

Cause no one no not no one

Likes to be let down

It seems to me that maybe

It pretty much always means no

So don't tell me you might just let it go

The harder that you try baby, the further you'll fall

Even with all the money in the whole wide world

Please please please don't pass me

Please please please don't pass me

Please please please don't pass me by

Everything you know about me now baby you gonna have to change

You gonna have to call it by a brand new name

Please please please don't drag me

Please please please don't drag me

Please please please don't drag me down

Just like a tree down by the water baby I shall not move

Even after all the silly things you do

Please please please don't drag me

Please please please don't drag me

Please please please don't drag me down.